<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/this-fathers-day-will-definitely-feel-different.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>06/13/2024 04:45:33 PM</pubDate><title>“This Father’s Day will definitely feel different”</title><subtitle>Son inspires single dad to earn GED, associate degree from BC3 in 30 months</subtitle><description>(Butler, PA) In a procession of graduates inching toward a stage in Butler County Community College’s Field House, 6-foot-6 Roger Walker Jr. stopped, stepped aside and stooped.</description><author/><image-caption>Six-year-old Ashton Walker, right, wears his father’s mortarboard Wednesday, May 15, 2024, before commencement on Butler County Community College’s main campus in Butler Township. Roger Walker Jr., 23, of Butler, suspended his high school education to work full time after his son’s birth, then earned a commonwealth secondary school diploma through BC3’s free Adult Literacy program and an associate degree from the college in business management to provide Ashton “with a better life and a better future.”</image-caption><tags><tag>Adult Literacy</tag></tags><image><img src="/_resources/images/newsroom/2024/walker-roger-hero.jpg" alt="BC3 Class of 2024 Roger Walker"/></image></item>